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Search Advanced Search Search By Coin ID     Home ANCIENT/BYZANTINE Ancient Spain (872) Byzantine (753) MEDIEVAL/EARLY WORLD Germany (30) MODERN WORLD COUNTERFEITS AND IMITATIONS   Submit New Coin(s)   Sponsors page Terms of Service Contact Us About Us FAQ Page Coin Detail Click here to see enlarged image. ID:     77000343      [UNVERIFIED] Type:     Ancient Africa Region:     MAURETANIA City:     Lix Metal:     Bronze Denomination:     Unit Struck / Cast:     struck Date Struck:     BC Circa 50-1 Diameter:     28 mm Weight:     10.63 g Obverse Legend:     MP L LKŠ in neo-Punic Obverse Description:     Head of Chusor-Kothar-Ptah right, wearing headdress adorned with cord; all within pelleted border Reverse Legend:     LIX Reverse Description:     Ornate altar set on ornate base; entablature decorated with uraeus; all within pelleted border Primary Reference:     MAA 173bis Reference2:     Mazard 640 Reference3:     SNG Cop - Photograph Credit:     Classical Numismatic Group Source:     http://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=114766 Grade:     Good VF, green and brown patina Notes:     Sale: Triton XI, Lot: 343 Extremely rare, the finest of three known. From the Patrick Villemur Collection.Unique at the time of Mazard, a second example has recently been published by Alexandropoulos (MAA). Our coin is the third known specimen. Although it appears to be of the same dies as the Mazard specimen, the poor state of preservation of that coin prevents a more definite determination.

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